He said that on Friday he had a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Russia, at which “all acute issues that arose after the signing of the protocol ‘On termination of the agreement on dual citizenship’ were discussed in detail.” “The ambassador assured me that those who wish to retain Russian citizenship will be able to obtain a residence permit and live in Turkmenistan,” Mironov said.
He explained that such citizens will have all necessary rights, except the right to elect and be elected, hold positions in the state apparatus, and serve in the Armed Forces. At the same time, the commissioner noted that “world practice has for decades been trying to reduce the number of persons with dual citizenship.”
Answering a question about the increasing cases of violations of the rights of Russian citizens in Turkmenistan, Mironov noted that the ambassador of that country did not provide such information, “but admitted that there could be arbitrariness on the part of individual officials,” RIA Novosti reports.